The Role Of Intelligence In The Battle Of Britain

Author : Norman Ridley
Publisher : Air World
ISBN 13 : 1399010395
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Role of Intelligence in the Battle of Britain written by Norman Ridley and published by Air World. This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth WWII history examines how the Battle of Britain was shaped by military intelligence on both sides of the conflict. In the summer and fall of 1940, the UK successfully fended off a relentless German attack from the air. While the Battle of Britain was essentially a war of attrition, it was critically influenced at every stage by the gathering, assessment, and reaction to intelligence. In this fascinating study, military historian Norman Ridley examines all aspects of German and British intelligence, from the accuracy of its data to the effectiveness of its deployment. Both the Luftwaffe and the RAF lacked detailed information about each other’s war production capacity. While the Luftwaffe did have pre-war aerial surveillance data, it was largely out of date by the time of the battle. Though RAF Fighter Command had a distinct advantage through its radar surveillance systems, the new technology wasn’t totally reliable and often difficult to interpret. It also had the benefit of intercepting and decoding Luftwaffe communications. Rather than acting as a “force multiplier”, the Luftwaffe’s poor intelligence actually acted as a “force diluter”, wasting resources in strategically questionable areas. On the other hand, the British had the means, however imperfect, to respond quickly and effectively to each new strategic initiative they faced.

Author : Michael Dockrill
Publisher : Continuum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strategy & Intellegence written by Michael Dockrill and published by Continuum. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of essays which summarise the latest literature on Britain's participation in the First World War and also opens up new lines of investigation

Author : Ralph Francis Bennett
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780712665216
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Behind the Battle written by Ralph Francis Bennett and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1999 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many recent studies have covered aspects of the military intelligence available to Britain and her allies during the Second World War, but until now no succint survey of the whole field has existed. By the end of 1942 Ultra had become the richest and most reliable of the many different sources, but the relation between their individual contributions requires analysis. This authoritative book provides that service and offers a detailed study. When war began, Britain was ill-prepared in intelligence as in armaments. Civilian scientists had discovered the principle of radar in the mid-1930s, but everything else had to be learned from scratch in the heat of the emergency. First signs of improvement came in mid-1941, when Ultra targeted navel vessels and bomber aircraft on to so many of Rommel's supply ships that the Afrika Korps almost withered on the vine. From then on intelligence played an increasingly indispensable part in final victory. Ultra won the Battle of the Atlantic, driving the U-boats back to coastal waters by June 1943. A lower grade code gave Montgomery the vital first news of the whereabouts of the German tanks as he planned the breakthrough at Alamein.

Author : Richard J. Aldrich
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521641869
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intelligence and the War Against Japan written by Richard J. Aldrich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the politics of the British and American secret service during the Far Eastern War.

Author : Aaron Edwards
Publisher : Merrion Press
ISBN 13 : 1785373439
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agents of Influence written by Aaron Edwards and published by Merrion Press. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were ‘agents of influence’. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKEKNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against Irish republicanism. Now, for the first time, some of these agents have emerged from the shadows to tell their compelling stories. Agents of Influence takes you behind the scenes of the secret intelligence war which helped bring the IRA’s armed struggle to an end. Historian Aaron Edwards, the critically acclaimed author of UVF: Behind the Mask, explains how the IRA was penetrated by British agents, with explosive new revelations about the hidden agendas of prominent republicans like Martin McGuinness and Freddie Scappaticci and lesser-known ones like Joe Haughey and John Joe Magee. Bringing to light recently declassified TOP SECRET documents and the firsthand testimonies of agents and their handlers, Edwards reveals how British Intelligence gained extraordinary access to the IRA’s inner circle and manipulated them into engaging with the peace process. With new insights into the spy masters behind the scenes, their strategies and tactics, and Britain’s international intelligence network in Northern Ireland, Europe, and beyond, Agents of Influence offers a rare and shocking glimpse into the clandestine world of secret agents, British intelligence strategy and the betrayal at the heart of militant Irish republicanism during the vicious decades of the Troubles.

Author : Kevin Quinlan
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 9781783277094
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret War Between the Wars: MI5 in the 1920s And 1930s written by Kevin Quinlan and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The methods developed by British intelligence in the early twentieth century continue to resonate today. Much like now, the intelligence activity of the British in the pre-Second World War era focused on immediate threats posed by subversive, clandestine networks against a backdrop of shifting great power politics.

Author : Yigal Sheffy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135245703
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Military Intelligence in the Palestine Campaign, 1914-1918 written by Yigal Sheffy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after the end of the First World War, General Sir George Macdonagh, wartime director of British Military Intelligence, revealed that Lord Allenby's victory in Palestine had never been in doubt because of the success of his intelligence service. Seventy-five years later this book explains Macdonagh's statement. Sheffy also adopts a novel approach to traditional heroes of the campaign such as T E Lawrence.

Author : Richard James Aldrich
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415078512
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Intelligence, Strategy, and the Cold War, 1945-51 written by Richard James Aldrich and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last ten years there has been a growing appreciation of Britain's central role in the development of the early Cold War, and a range of studies have focused on the diplomacy of this critical period. For the first time, this volume examines the clandestine aspects of British policy, concentrating on the themes of intelligence and strategy. Drawing upon previously neglected documentary sources, this survey examines such central issues as the role of British defectors: Philby, Burgess and Maclean; Anglo-American special operations against the Eastern bloc; the bitter arguments between Attlee and Montgomery over nuclear strategy; and the military dimension of Britain's plans for leadership of a 'Third Force' as a rival to the Soviet and American blocs. Intelligence and strategy are key contemporary issues and this book will constitute important reading for students in departments of modern history, politics and international relations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ultra Secret. (1974). (3. Impr.) written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tessa Stirling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Intelligence Co-operation Between Poland and Great Britain During World War II: Report of the Anglo-Polish Historical Committee written by Tessa Stirling and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Anglo-Polish Historical Committee was established in 2000 with the full support of the Prime Ministers of both countries. The committee, made up of historians and official experts from both countries, was set up to identify and evaluate surviving historical records which would show the extent of the contribution made by Polish Intelligence to the Allied victory in World War II. In order to assist the committee's work, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Chief Historian has been granted access to the archives of the British Intelligence Services. The Polish historians have concentrated their efforts on those documents publicly available in the archives of, for example, Britain, Poland and the United States of America. It is hoped that through the research undertaken and now published as the Report of the Anglo-Polish Historical Committee for the first time, new light will be shed on the contribution of the Polish nation to Allied victory.